Flaco Jimenez, the legendary accordionist from San Antonio who won multiple Grammys and helped expand the popularity of conjunto, Tejano, and Tex-Mex music, died Thursday. Flaco Jimenez, the legendary ...

Raul Malo and the Mavericks left Florida in the early 1990s and made their country music dreams come true in Nashville. But their biggest hit and its enduring, instantly recognizable sound is San ...

The accordion playing of Flaco Jimenez, seen here performing during the 2014 Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., came to define contujo and ...

SAN ANTONIO - Flaco Jiménez, the beloved San Antonio-born accordionist whose sound defined generations of Tex-Mex, Tejano, and conjunto music, has died. He was 86. He was surrounded by family in his ...

Famed Tejano singer-songwriter and master accordionist Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez has died. He was 86. Jiménez’s family shared the news of the musician’s death on his official Facebook page Thursday ...

‘My whole brand as an artist is about being a Mexican American kid from San Antonio and what that means and what it means to fall in love with that identity,’ Leo said. ‘My whole brand as an artist is ...

Flaco Jiménez performs at the 35th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival in 2016. Credit: Jaime Monzon Iconic conjunto performer Flaco Jiménez, a six-time Grammy winner who helped expand the reach of his ...

Raphael lives in Nashville, as did Malo. “There is no Tex-Mex scene here in Nashville,” he said. “Raul liked to meld different influences. He could go from Tex-Mex, norteño to the Memphis sound.” Malo ...

Over a career that spanned 70 years, Jimenez' playing came to define Tex-Mex music and carried the tradition-drenched conjunto sound all over the... The master of the Tex-Mex accordion Leonardo "Flaco ...